The history of the history of learning disability.

This article traces and summarises historiographical trends in the history of learning disability. It identifies three major waves of historical approaches beginning with a medicalised analysis which emerged in the early 20th century. This presented a story of medical progress which began with the a...

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Published in:British Journal of Learning Disabilities Vol. 50; no. 2; pp. 132 - 143
Main Authors: Jarrett, Simon, Tilley, Elizabeth
Format: review Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Jun2022
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